Tag: Review

Olight has been around a long time making flashlights. They started with tactical flashlights, and the last few years they’ve been branching out with smaller EDC type flashlights. They bought one of my favorite flashlight companies iTP a while back, and released the iconic Olight I3S which I carried for

I reviewed one of TrueUtility‘s Fixr Multi-Tool a while back. It went to my brother-in-law and he likes it. They contacted me again and asked me if I’d like to pick out of a few of their EDC gadgets to review from their catalog, and I chose a few that

I’m finally getting to the box of flashlights that Lumintop sent me for review. I’m still working on the video, but I figured I’d get the written review done first and then add the video later. This is a review of the Lumintop Prince LED flashlight in brass. Lumintop wanted

Mostly when I talk about LEDs on this blog, it has to do with hand held LED flashlights. But LED technology is really taking off, from common light bulbs, to street lights, auto head lamps, and even stage lighting. LOFTEK offered to provide a multi-colored LED flood light for review,

It’s funny, when I got my Oakley GasCan sunglasses for Christmas about 6 years ago, I never imagined I would end up with a big box of lenses for the same pair of frames. The stock lenses had lasted only about a year, and so these GasCans sat in a

Most of the people I know in the flashlight community are obsessed with output. They build custom drivers and custom heat sinks all to put out a blinding amount of light and turn night into day. Manufacturers are starting to make super-high-output lights in the never ending quest for more

Lately I’ve been on a small flashlight buying binge. Over the holidays I took advantage of a number of good sales, and I’m still trying to catch up to all the reviews from that stuff. My quest for the perfect EDC (every day carry) flashlight has seen some near misses

Sometimes I feel like a grumpy old man. Ok, I am a grumpy old man. But just when I think that every place I do business with is going to disappoint me in some way, I discover an online store like River’s Edge Cutlery, and my faith in humanity is

Lately I’ve been purchasing a lot of things for review, but I also wanted to review the sellers too: the good, the bad and the ugly. For the most part I seem to be a little luckier than the average. While I’m definitely a stickler for good service, I’m usually

Spyderco has some interesting designs and collaborations, such as this one with well known knife maker, Des Horn. Their Taichung models have a reputation for legendary fit and finish, though none of the Taichungs ever really called my name. Getting a Des Horn from Amazon on black Friday for $62